Labor’s Demise Is America’s Demise

"Today the US has the most unequally distributed income and wealth of all developed economies and one of the worst in the entire world"

Paul Craig Roberts

Thoughts for Labor Day

Anthony Freda Illustration

Labor Day is a holiday that has outlived its time. Like Christmas, Labor Day has become a time-out period. As Christmas has become a shopping spree, Labor Day has become the last summer holiday.

The holiday originated in 1887 to celebrate the contribution made by American workers to the strength and prosperity of the United States. The first Monday in September was chosen by President Grover Cleveland to avoid a May date that would keep alive the memory of the previous year’s Haymarket Massacre in which workers striking for an eight-hour day suffered casualties from the Chicago police.